Catcher&#39;s mask.



PATENTED MAR. 6, 1906.

J. GAMBLB. GATGHERS MASK.

APPLIoATIoN FILED JUNE 24. 1905.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN GAMBLE, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO GEORGE A. REACH,OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

CTCHERS MASK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 6, 1906.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN GAMBLE, a citizen of the United States,residing at corner Tulip and Palmer streets, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Catchers Masks, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in catchers masks; and the obj ectofthe invention is to provide a mask having pads of such form andsecured in such manner as to absolutely prevent the pads from beingdisplaced, and thereby allowing of the wires of the frame coming incontact with the face of the catcher.

The invention includes the particular construction of pad and the mannerin which it is applied to the frame, as hereinafter described, andparticularly pointed out in the claim.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which-Figure 1 is a plan view; Fig. 2, an elevation, and Fig. 3 a sectionaldetail.

Referring by reference characters to the drawings, the numeral 4designates the wire frame,` which may be of the ordinary or any desiredconstruction. It is provided at the lower part with a chin-rest 5 andwith a foreheadrest 6, connected to the frame by straps 7 and 8, asshown. The pads 9 instead of being made as round pads and fastened tothe edge of the frame are formed as flat pads of suitable thickness anddoubled over into U shape, as shown, thereby embracing the edge wiresbetween the two parts of the U and eX- tending back a suflicientdistance to prevent any displacement and obviate all danger of the wiresof the frame coming in contact with the face. The pads may be held inplace by metallic clips, such as indicated at 10, and

the pads may further be secured by stitching, as indicated at l1. Theordinary head-strap is irdicated at 12 for holding the mask t0 the heaHaving thus described my invention, what I claim is- In a catchers mask,the combination with the metallic frame, of a plurality of U-shaped padsfor contact with the cheeks and temples of the catcher, each of saidpads being of U shape with the edge of the mask resting in the spacebetween the inner faces of the side of the pad, and means for holdinglthe pad in place, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I aHiXmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN GAMBLE. Witnesses GEO. M. SMITH, E. A. CLUNGEON.

